Cartoons and Pictures From The "Land Of NOMIS"

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Karl was too afraid to do it himself?

[Swatopluk]

I think it was more along the line: if a woman can do it, anyone can.
An inventor being able to master his own invention is far less impressive ad-wise.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Or that she was more driven to do it...

[Swatopluk]

Pushed actually. The car was not very good up-hill

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Pushed actually. The car was not very good up-hill

I seem to recall it was an open carrage style, with a single front wheel?  And had a modest 5 or 10 hp (or something in that range).   Top speed was pretty modest too, by today's standards-- a modern electric golf cart could easily out perform those early automatic carriages...

[pieces o nine]

iirc, "experts" thundered against the new-fangled things, pointing out that god had not designed the human body to withstand the unnatural speed of TWENTY MILES PER HOUR!

[Swatopluk]

As if a horse could not manage that. The first speed limits in cities applied to horses not cars.

[Aphos]

As if a horse could not manage that. The first speed limits in cities applied to horses not cars.

Speedometers on horses?  What a concept.

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[Aggie]

a modern electric golf cart could easily out perform those early automatic carriages...

Some were essentially early electric golf carts:

[pieces o nine]

^ One of those golf-cart-looking carriages was in the film Titanic.

pivotal scene with car included in this version   

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